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Directed by | Ernst Neubach |
Written by | André Cerf Ernst Neubach Herbert Victor |
Based on | The Red Signal by Adolf Schütz and Paul Baudisch |
Produced by | Ernst Neubach |
Starring | Erich von Stroheim Denise Vernac Frank Villard |
Cinematography | Raymond Clunie |
Edited by | Louis Devaivre Marcelle Lioret |
Music by | Curt Lewinnek |
Production company | Pen Films |
Distributed by | Les Films Georges Muller |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Red Signal (French: Le signal rouge) is a 1949 French drama film directed by Ernst Neubach and starring Erich von Stroheim, Denise Vernac and Frank Villard.[1] It is based on a novel of the same title by Adolf Schütz and Paul Baudisch.[2] It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Louis Le Barbenchon.
In a small Austrian town, physician Mathias Berthold is haunted by the memory of his wife who died in a train accident. Under psychological strain he hears his wife's voice commanding him to "stop the train". In a trance-like state he attempts to sabotage the railway tracks, and is shot and wounded by the police. Realising his torment, he goes for treatment in a specialist clinic in Vienna. Doctor Irène Dreiser, who is sympathetic to Berthold, takes over his patients during his absence.